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M. P. BRIGHAM, Deod.

E. 0. BRIGHAM, Administrator. CARRIAGE ATTAOHMENT FOR LAMPS.

Patented Nov. 10, 1896.

Nirnn STATES PATENT OFFICE,

MORRILL F. BRIGHAM, OF MARLBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS; EUGENE O. BRIGHAMADMINISTRATOR OF SAID MORRILL F. BRIGIIAM, DECEASED.

CARRIAGE AT TACHMENT FOR LAMPS.

SPECIFICATION formingpartof Letters Patent-No.57l,317, datedNovember 10,1896.-

Application filed March 27, 1895. Renewed July 16, 1896. Serial No;599,448. (No model.)

To wZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, MORRILL F. BRIGHAM, of Marlborough, county ofMiddlesex, and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement inCarrying Attachments for Lamps, of which the following description, inconnec tion with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, likeletters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention has for its object the prod uction of a novel carryingattachment adapted for application to the ordinary hand lamp whereby thelatter may be carried freely about in the nature of a lantern, myimproved attachment being also preferably so constructed as to more orless cover the top of the lampchimney, much as the chimney of a lanternis covered, to protect the flame from air-drafts, thereby making itpossible to carry the lamp freely out of doors.

The various features of my invention will be hereinafter described, andset forth in the claims at the end of this specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents in perspective a lamp fitted with acarrying attachment embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a detailViewillustrating a modification of my invention.

In the particular embodiment of my invention selected for illustrationand shown in the drawings, A is a hand-lamp of any suit able ordesirable construction, it being provided with a usual burner, shown ascomprising a dome-plate a, a dome a, a usual chimney I) being positionedupon the plate a and held frictionally by usual holding-springs b.

In the embodiment of my invention here shown 0 is one form of top piece,shown as a sheet-metal disk or plate, from which depend a plurality ofholding or carrying arms 0, preferably resilient, said arms, as shown,consisting of wires bent into U form and having their ends curved orbent over, as at 0 to secure said arms to the top. The arms 0 aresuitably adapted at or near their lower ends to en gage the lam p-burnerthereon. arms in the present embodiment of myinvention are hooked at cand adapted to spring under the edge of the dome-plate a of the lampburner, said hooks being preferably turned up, as shown, to enter theusual con- The said cavity at the under side of and adjacent theperipheryof the said dome-plate, whereby the said hooked ends areprevented from easily disengaging from the said plate, the under sidesof said hooks presenting beveled faces, as shown, to enable theattachment to be pushed down upon and automatically snapped intoengagement with the burner dome-plate. A suitable handle it is attachedto the top 0.

To cover the top of the lamp-chimney to keep out drafts of air, I haveherein shown a protector d, preferably a sheet-metal disk or plate, thesame, as shown, being provided with a plurality of depending springsupports or pressers d, which rest upon the flaring top of the chimneyand retain the said protector at the proper distance from thechimney-top.

A spring 8, interposed between the protector and top piece 0, is shownas encircling a central pin or stud e on the protector, acting to pressthe protector downwardly into position with its pressers firmly seatedupon the top of the chimney. The spring 5, by pressing the protector orpressers upon the top of the chimney, permits the attachment to be applied to lamps having chimneys of varying heights, i. 6., in a shorterchimney the pro tector would be depressed relatively to the top fartherthan shown in the drawings, and, vice versa, in a taller chimney thespring would be compressed, permitting the protector more nearly toapproach the top, thereby adapting the attachment for chimneys ofvarying heights; and in any case the spring 8, together with thepressers, acts to hold the attachment firmly in position upon thechimney, with its hooked arms engaging some part near the lamp-top.

The attachment shown is readily placed upon and removed from the lamp,so that it is possible to readily convert an ordinary hand-lamp into aneffective and useful lantern, and vice versa.

In Fig. 2 I have shown the pressers cZ as applied directly to the toppiece.

My invention is not limited to the exact construction herein shown anddescribed.

I claim- 1. The herein-described lamp-carrying-attachment, consisting ofa suitable top piece,

fitted with a handle and a plurality of springactuated holding-armsdepending from the said top and provided with lower beveledfaced holdingends adapted to snap beneath a lamp-burner dome-plate, substantially asdescribed.

2. The herein-described lamp-carrying attachment, comprising a top piecein the form of a rigid disk, a disk-like protector parallel to and belowthe top piece, a spring tending to separate the two, and a plurality oflater: ally spring-actuated holding-arms fixedly secured about theperiphery of said top piece and movably secured about the periphery ofsaid protector, said arms having hooked lower ends to engage beneath thedome-plate of the lamp-burner, substantially as described.

3. The herein-described lamp-carryingat- 'rachinent, comprising twoparallel disks, one

below the other, a spring between them, a plurality of resilientpressers depending from the lower disk to engage within the top of thechimney, and a plurality of holding-arms, passing freely throughperipheral perforations provided therefor in said lower disk and fixedat their upper ends adjacent the periphery of the upper disk, said armshaving hooks at their lower ends to engage beneath the dome-plate of thelamp-burner, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

.MORRILL F. BRIGHAM.

WVitnesses:

FRANK. M. W ELCH, VVM. C. DODGE.

